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Andre Sturm, Essex Junction, VT US
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| 20080201626 | POWER SAVINGS FOR MEMORY WITH ERROR CORRECTION MODE - The present invention includes a memory device with a data memory and an error correction code control circuit. The data memory stores data parity information for error correction. The error correction code control circuit is configured to receive a selection signal indicative of whether an error correction mode is to be used. Power to access the portion of the memory storing the parity information is disabled when the error correction mode is enabled. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080238468 | Integrated circuit chip and method for testing an integrated circuit chip - In a method or apparatus such as an integrated circuit (IC) chip including a plurality of circuits for executing a plurality of testmodes, a testmode entry code specifying one of the plurality of testmodes and one of an unrestricted private testmode category and a restricted public testmode category is received. Execution of only a public testmode of the plurality of testmodes is enabled when the testmode entry code specifies the restricted public testmode category. Execution of all of the plurality of testmodes is enabled when the testmode entry code specifies the unrestricted private testmode category. | 10-02-2008 |
Benjamin W. Sturm, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20110147589 | ROOM TEMPERATURE ALUMINUM ANTIMONIDE RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHODS THEREOF - In one embodiment, a method for producing a high-purity single crystal of aluminum antimonide (AlSb) includes providing a growing environment with which to grow a crystal, growing a single crystal of AlSb in the growing environment which comprises hydrogen (H | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120153164 | GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY EMPLOYING DIVALENT EUROPIUM-DOPED ALKALINE EARTH HALIDES AND DIGITAL READOUT FOR ACCURATE HISTOGRAMMING - A scintillator radiation detector system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator; and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A scintillator radiation detector system according to another embodiment includes a processing device for fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. A method according to yet another embodiment includes processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from a scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A method in a further embodiment includes fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times; and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 06-21-2012 |
Benjamin Walter Sturm, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20110315885 | HIGH EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER POLYMER SCINTILLATORS FOR GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY - A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. A scintillator material according to another embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having a fluor incorporated therewith and an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 12-29-2011 |
Donald S. Sturm, Dayton, OH US
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| 20090271077 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUXILIARY DEVICE INTERLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM - A controller, control system and method for controlling an auxiliary device comprising a wheelchair lift, ramp, or the like are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the auxiliary device controller is microprocessor-based and communicates with a vehicle's OEM controller for receiving a plurality of sensor inputs, which originate from OEM and auxiliary sensors, process the sensor inputs, and control various OEM and auxiliary systems relative to the sensor inputs to effect a number of safety interlocks. The controller may operate to coordinate various OEM and auxiliary subsystems to automate auxiliary device operation to reduce operator error. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110008141 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUXILIARY DEVICE INTERLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM - A controller, control system and method for controlling an auxiliary device comprising a wheelchair lift, ramp, or the like are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the auxiliary device controller is microprocessor-based and communicates with a vehicle's OEM controller for receiving a plurality of sensor inputs, which originate from OEM and auxiliary sensors, process the sensor inputs, and control various OEM and auxiliary systems relative to the sensor inputs to effect a number of safety interlocks. The controller may operate to coordinate various OEM and auxiliary subsystems to automate auxiliary device operation to reduce operator error. | 01-13-2011 |
Edward A. Sturm, New Milford, CT US
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| 20110284576 | FLUID STORAGE AND DISPENSING VESSELS HAVING COLORIMETRICALLY VERIFIABLE LEAK-TIGHTNESS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A fluid storage and dispensing vessel having associated therewith a colorimetric member that is effective to change color in exposure to leakage of a gas contained in the vessel. The colorimetric member may be constituted by a film, e.g., of a shrink-wrap character, that contains or is otherwise associated with a colorimetric agent undergoing color change in exposure to fluid leaking from the vessel. Such shrink-wrap film may be applied to a portion of the vessel susceptible to leakage, or alternatively to the entire vessel, so that the film is colorimetrically effective to indicate the occurrence of a leakage event by visually perceptible change of color. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120180660 | PVDF PYROLYZATE ADSORBENT AND GAS STORAGE AND DISPENSING SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) pyrolyzate adsorbent is described, having utility for storing gases in an adsorbed state, and from which adsorbed gas may be desorbed to supply same for use. The PVDF pyrolyzate adsorbent can be of monolithic unitary form, or in a bead, powder, film, particulate or other finely divided form. The adsorbent is particularly suited for storage and supply of fluorine-containing gases, such as fluorine gas, nitrogen trifluoride, carbo-fluoride gases, and the like. The adsorbent may be utilized in a gas storage and dispensing system, in which the adsorbent is contained in a supply vessel, from which sorbate gas can be selectively dispensed. | 07-19-2012 |
Frederick Sturm, Chicago, IL US
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| 20110295726 | CALENDAR SPREAD FUTURES - A calendar spread futures contract is a forward contract on the intermonth spread of futures contracts. The calendar spread futures contract can be independently traded and accounted for independent of the traditional roll periods of the complementary futures contracts. An open interest holder can hedge against price volatility in the related futures contracts that may occur prior to or during the roll period. In other words, the calendar spread futures contract locks in the current spread between the front-month contract and the first-deferred contract. Buying a calendar spread futures control is equivalent to buying the spread difference between the expiring contract and the second expiry. Selling a calendar spread futures contract is equivalent to selling the spread difference between the expiring contract and the second expiry. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120150715 | Cross Margining of Tri-Party Repo Transactions - A computer implemented method for determining a margin requirement for a market participant includes maintaining, by a processor associated with an exchange, an exchange account reflecting an exchange position resulting from a trade executed on the exchange for a product available via the exchange, the exchange account being maintained separately from a custodian bank account associated with a custodian bank, the custodian bank account reflecting a repo position resulting from a repo transaction facilitated by the custodian bank between the market participant and a counterparty to the repo transaction. The method further includes receiving data reflective of the repo position via a communication interface between the exchange account and the custodian bank account, and determining the margin requirement for the market participant based on the received data and the exchange position. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120259795 | FIXED INCOME INSTRUMENT YIELD SPREAD FUTURES - A futures contract and method of computing a settlement price thereof are disclosed that enables a market participant to shed or acquire financial exposure in a conventional bond spread, in the form of single futures contract, rather than as a bona fide spread requiring active management of distinct long and short component bond positions, e.g. legs. The notional financial exposure of the futures contract is sized, not in terms of notional amounts/quantities of assets represented in the components of the futures contract's reference spread, but rather in terms of the pecuniary value of one basis point (i.e., 0.01 percent per annum) of the spread between yields to maturity for each of the components of the futures contract's reference spread. Effectively, the spread between the yields is defined inversely, i.e. the price per increment of spread is fixed whereas the quantities/notional amounts of reference bonds and the spread between them are not. | 10-11-2012 |
Gregory R. Sturm, Chatham Township, NJ US
James Sturm, Princeton, NJ US
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| 20120200168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - A system and method for interfacing large-area electronics with integrated circuit devices is provided. The system may be implemented in an electronic device including a large area electronic (LAE) device disposed on a substrate. An integrated circuit IC is disposed on the substrate. A non-contact interface is disposed on the substrate and coupled between the LAE device and the IC. The non-contact interface is configured to provide at least one of a data acquisition path or control path between the LAE device and the IC. | 08-09-2012 |
James C. Sturm, Princeton, NJ US
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| 20100059414 | BUMP ARRAY DEVICE HAVING ASYMMETRIC GAPS FOR SEGREGATION OF PARTICLES - The disclosure relates to obstacle array devices (also known as bump array devices) for separating populations of particles by size. Improvements over previous obstacle array devices are realized by causing the fluid velocity profile across gaps between obstacles to be asymmetrical with respect to the plane that bisects the gap and is parallel to the direction of bulk fluid flow. Such asymmetry can be achieved by selecting the shape(s) of the obstacles bounding the gap such that the portions of the obstacles upstream from, downstream from, or bridging the narrowest portion of the gap are asymmetrical with respect to that plane. Improvements are also realized by using obstacles that have sharp edges bounding the gaps. Other improvements are realized by selecting obstacle shapes such that the critical particle dimensions defined by the gaps in two different fluid flow directions differ. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110303904 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A photovoltaic device and method of manufacturing is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a silicon layer and first and second organic layers. The silicon layer has a first face and a second face. First and second electrodes electrically are coupled to the first and second organic layers. A first heterojunction is formed at a junction between the one of the faces of the silicon layer and the first organic layer. A second heterojunction is formed at a junction between one of the faces of the silicon layer and the second organic layer. The silicon layer may be formed without a p-n junction. At least one organic layer may be configured as an electron-blocking layer or a hole-blocking layer. At least one organic layer may be comprised of phenanthrenequinone (PQ). A passivating layer may be disposed between at least one of the organic layers and the silicon layer. The passivating layer may be organic. At least one of the organic layers may passivate a surface of the silicon layer. The device may also include at least one transparent electrode layer coupled to at least one of the electrodes. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120285521 | SILICON/ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTION (SOH) SOLAR CELL AND ROLL-TO-ROLL FABRICATION PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A photovoltaic device and method of making a photovoltaic device are disclosed. The method includes laminating an organic layer onto an inorganic semiconductor layer. A first electrical contact is electrically coupled to the organic layer and a second electrical contact is coupled to the inorganic semiconductor layer. The inorganic semiconductor layer may include a second organic layer. At least one of the organic layer and the second organic layer may form a heterojunction with the inorganic semiconductor layer. The organic layer may further comprise a metal layer. At least one of the organic layer, the inorganic semiconductor layer and the metal layer may be patterned. | 11-15-2012 |
James Christopher Sturm, Princeton, NJ US
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| 20090014332 | Fractionation of Macro-Molecules Using Asymmetric Pulsed Field Electrophoresis - A method and apparatus for fractionation of charged macro-molecules such as DNA is provided. DNA solution is loaded into a matrix including an array of obstacles. An alternating electric field having two different fields at different orientations is applied. The alternating electric field is asymmetric in that one field is stronger in duration or intensity than the other field, or is otherwise asymmetric. The DNA molecules are thereby fractionated according to site and are driven to a far side of the matrix where the fractionated DNA is recovered. The fractionating electric field can be used to load and recover the DNA to operate the process continuously. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120006728 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PARTICLE SEPARATION USING OBSTACLE ARRAYS ASYMMETRICALLY ALIGNED TO FIELDS - The present invention relates to methods and devices for separating particles according to size. More specifically, the present invention relates to a microfluidic method and device for the separation of particles according to size using an array comprising a network of gaps, wherein the field flux from each gap divides unequally into subsequent gaps. In one embodiment, the array comprises an ordered array of obstacles in a microfluidic channel, in which the obstacle array is asymmetric with respect to the direction of an applied field. | 01-12-2012 |
Jennifer Sturm, Alpharetta, GA US
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| 20090321298 | ORAL CARE Q2 KITS - An oral care kit for a defined oral care treatment cycle is provided herein. The oral care kit utilizes a substantially rectangular box having oral care packs positioned therein. The oral care packs contain oral care devices useful for administering oral care treatment during a 24 hour oral care treatment cycle. | 12-31-2009 |
Jennifer Ann Sturm, Alpharetta, GA US
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| 20090094729 | Patch For Securing A Surgical Gown Tie - A patch having a notch therein and a tie coupled thereto is used to provide a closure for a garment, such as a gown. The notch is formed along an edge of the patch, and the tie is coupled to the patch such that it is positioned to extend across and beyond the notch. The notch acts to disperse tension on the patch when tension is applied to the tie. A gown having a notched patch is also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
Michael A. Sturm, Menasha, WI US
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| 20080255014 | Antimicrobial foam hand soap - An antimicrobial foam hand soap composition includes a glutinous component to promote more thorough hand washing. The glutinous component may be selected from the group consisting of: cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; dimer dilinoleamido-propyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; sodiumgrapeseedamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; sodium olivamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; PEG-8 dimethicone sunfloweramidopropyl PG-dimonium complex; sunfloweramidopropyl phosphate PG-dimonium chloride, inulin, inulin-based surfactants and mixtures thereof. Polysaccharide-based or natural oil-based foaming agents and surfactants are suitably included in the compositions. | 10-16-2008 |
Nancy Sturm, Triadelphia, WV US
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| 20080261185 | SIMULATED TEACHING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a method, system, and computer program configured to simulate a teaching environment for educational training. The method may include displaying an empty simulated classroom environment for an orientation period, displaying an occupied classroom environment for at least one classroom period, generating and displaying a plurality of events, both disruptive and non-disruptive during the at least one classroom period, identifying at least one of the plurality disruptive or non-disruptive events on a display, addressing the at least one identified event, scoring training performance for the simulated teaching environment based on the identifying and addressing actions, and using a score representative of the training performance to add enhancements to a subsequent teaching simulation. | 10-23-2008 |
Norman Keith Sturm, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20100303572 | Lathe-mounted tool-holder - An adaptive device for use as a tool holder for manual and computer numerical controlled lathes is provided to retain and use tools of various sizes, including those intended for use on CNC lathes and on mills. The device includes a sleeve, which includes an inner-tapered surface, a neck and an opening, and a threaded member sized to fit through the neck in the opening. The adaptive device may further include one or more shoulders and/or grooves on the exterior of the sleeve, and/or a retaining member fitted to the threaded section, and may include an embodiment where the sleeve is integrated into a tool holder and/or where the threaded member is constructed to permit fluid flow into the tool holder. | 12-02-2010 |
Patricia Kay Sturm, Mckinney, TX US
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| 20080212592 | Apparatus and method for route summarization and distribution in a massively parallel router - A router for interconnecting external devices coupled to the router. The router comprises a switch fabric and a plurality of routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric. Each routing node is capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, the external devices and is further capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, other routing nodes via the switch fabric. The router also comprises a control processor for comparing the N most significant bits of a first subnet address associated with a first external port of a first routing node with the N most significant bits of a second subnet address associated with a second external port of the first routing node. The router determines a P-bit prefix of similar leading bits in the first and second subnet addresses and transmits the P-bit prefix to other routing nodes. | 09-04-2008 |
Rex L. Sturm, Gaithersburg, MD US
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| 20080289554 | Watercraft for Transportation and Exercise - A watercraft for transportation and exercise including a boat for floating on water and having a portion thereof above a waterline and a portion thereof below the waterline The boat has an opening therein for permitting a person to be partially below the waterline and partially above the waterline. A sub-frame is operatively attached to the boat, the sub-frame having a lower position at least partially in the water and an upper position at least mostly out of the water. A propulsion device is operatively attached to the sub-frame for propelling the watercraft forwardly in response to movement of the person's feet, the propulsion device having a foot contact portion. The foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed a predetermined distance from the waterline in a transportation mode so that that a person can be at least partially above the waterline when using the propulsion device in the transportation mode, said foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed in the water and a substantial distance below said predetermined distance when the propulsion device is being used in an exercise mode wherein at such time the person's legs are at least partially disposed below the waterline. | 11-27-2008 |
Rex L. Sturm, Sharpsburg, MD US
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| 20120190254 | Watercraft for Transportation and Exercise - A watercraft for transportation and exercise including a boat having an opening therein for permitting a person to be partially below the waterline and partially above the waterline. A sub-frame is operatively attached to the boat, the sub-frame having a lower position and an upper position. A propulsion device is operatively attached to the sub-frame for propelling the watercraft forwardly in response to movement of the person's feet, the propulsion device having a foot contact portion. The foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed a predetermined distance from the waterline when using the propulsion device in the transportation mode, said foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed in the water and a substantial distance below said predetermined distance when the propulsion device is being used in an exercise mode. | 07-26-2012 |
Robert Sturm, Cottage Grove, MN US
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| 20120174204 | MONETIZED ONLINE CONTENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS FOR THE SAME - One aspect of the invention provides a computer system having processing and memory means operable to provide a monetized online content system. The computer system is coupled to one or more resource modules each having data in the memory means and includes: an interceptor module configured to receive a request from a client for one or more resources available from one or more resource modules, refer the request to one or more of the resource modules configured to fulfill the request, receive one or more responses from one or more of the resource modules, at least one of said one or more responses having one or more events associated therewith, and transform the one or more responses by removing the one or more events associated with the one or more responses prior to presentation of the one or more responses to the client. | 07-05-2012 |
Roland Sturm US
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| 20120320809 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A DATA TRANSMISSION - A data transmission device has a data transmitter and a wake-up receiver. The data transmitter is activable to change from an idle state into an operating state and to execute a data transmission with a communication partner in the operating state. The wake-up receiver is implemented to be ready to receive an initiation signal during the idle state of the data transmitter and to activate the data transmitter in response to the initiation signal. The wake-up receiver is further implemented to extract data transmission information from the initiation signal to determine a time for activating the data transmitter depending on the data transmission information or to activate the data transmitter such that the data transmitter executes the data transmission depending on the data transmission information. | 12-20-2012 |
Steven P. Sturm, Dublin, OH US
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| 20110068261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-LINE WEB PROPERTY MEASUREMENT - Web measurement system monitors properties of a web during manufacture without chopping measuring radiation during web measurement. A single chop is performed at each sheet edge or every n | 03-24-2011 |
Thomas A. Sturm, Erie, CO US
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| 20100191233 | Method and System for Programming and Controlling an Electrosurgical Generator System - A method and system are disclosed enabling configuration of a control system for an electrosurgical generator system for creating new surgical applications without changing the underlying software system. The programmable electrosurgical generator system has an RF output stage for outputting at least one RF operating waveform for performing an electrosurgical procedure. The programmable electrosurgical generator system includes an inner loop system to change at least one parameter of the at least one RF operating waveform; an outer loop system to provide at least one operating command to the inner loop system; and a configuration control system that modifies at least one of the inner and outer loop systems based on received data from a sensor module. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100211063 | Method and System for Programming and Controlling an Electrosurgical Generator System - A method and system are disclosed enabling configuration of a control system for an electrosurgical generator system for creating new surgical applications without changing the underlying software system. The electrosurgical generator system includes an RF stage to output at least one waveform of electrosurgical energy; a sensor module having at least one sensor to sense electrical or physical properties related to the output electrosurgical energy and generate sensor data; and at least one control module executable on at least one processor that controls at least one parameter of the output electrosurgical energy. The at least one control module includes an outer loop controller to generate a control signal in accordance with at least a first subset of the sensor data and an inner loop controller to generate a setpoint control signal and provide the setpoint control signal to the RF stage for controlling at least an amplitude of the energy output by the RF stage. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120089139 | Method and System for Programming and Controlling an Electrosurgical Generator System - An electrosurgical generator system includes an electrical generator having an RF stage for outputting electrical energy having at least one waveform for performing an electrosurgical procedure. The system further includes at least one control module executable on at least one processor which controls at least one parameter of the outputted electrical energy and a configuration controller operably associated with the electrical generator which generates configuration data to configure the at least one control module to provide at least one modality of control of the outputted electrical energy based on the configuration data. | 04-12-2012 |
W. Michael Sturm, Santa Cruz, CA US
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| 20100055658 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - In systems, methods and program products relating to the assessment of individuals, a subject can be provided with an assessment through software and a computer for improved functionality. The software may be directly installed on the subject's computer or may be on a remote server accessible through a communication network, such as a local network or the Internet. Stimuli to be presented to subject are selected in real time and may be selected randomly from a database of stimuli. Further, in the event of borderline cases, a refinement process may be used to provide an accurate assessment of the subject. Methods for the assessment of teams, comprising subject individuals, for the construction of ideal process profiles, and for coaching individuals are provided. | 03-04-2010 |